A young hen, especially one less than a year old.
They died not because the Pullets would not feed: but because the Devil foresaw their death, he contrived that abstinence in them.
A spineless person; a coward.
A girl or young woman.
From Middle English polet, pulet, from Anglo-Norman pullet, Old French poulet (“young chicken”); polette (“young hen”), from poule (“hen”). Doublet of poult. Compare also Middle English pulle.
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